juǎn

卷 (juǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive”.

Meanings

  1. 1to roll up
  2. 2(fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation)
  3. 3(slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive
  4. 4a roll
  5. 5classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
Part of speech
verb

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